Out of Many: A History of the American People, Volume 1, Media and Research Update

Summary

This edition of a ground-breaking book weaves together the complex interaction of social, political, and historical forces that have shaped the United States and from which "the American people" have evolved. It tells stories of people and of the nation and emphasizes that American history has never been the preserve of any particular region.Traditional turning points and watershed events are integrated with the stories of the nation's many diverse communities. The book's trademark "continental" approach incorporates great hemispheric perspective, while a strong theme of community and memory analyzes the roleand the conflictsof historical memory in shaping communities'understanding of the past.For American history buffs.

Table of Contents

(NOTE: Each chapter begins with chapter-opening outlines and key topic lists and concludes with a Chronology, Conclusion, Review Questions, Recommended Reading, Additional Bibliography, and History on the Internet.)

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

American Communities: Hale County, Alabama: From Slavery to Freedom in a Black Belt Community

The Politics of Reconstruction

The Meaning of Freedom

Southern Politics and Society

Reconstructing the North

Conquest and Survival: The Trans-Mississippi West, 1860-1900

American Communities: The Oklahoma Land Rush

Indian Peoples Under Siege

The Internal Empire. The Cattle Industry

Farming Communities on the Plains

The World's Breadbasket

The Western Landscape

The Transformation of Indian Societies

The Incorporation of America, 1865-1900

American Communities: Packingtown, Chicago, Illinois

Rise of Industry, the Triumph of Business

Labor in the Age of Big Business

The New South

The Industrial City

Culture and Society in the Gilded Age

Cultures in Conflict, Culture in Common

Community and Memory: Representing Chicago's History

Commonwealth and Empire, 1870-1900

American Communities: The Cooperative Commonwealth

Toward a National Governing Class

Farmers and Workers Organize Their Communities

The Crisis of the 1890s

Politics of Reform, Politics of Order

ldquo;Imperialism of Righteousness.rdquo;

The Spanish-America War

Urban America and the Progressive Era, 1900-1917

American Communities: The Henry Street Settlement House: Women Settlement House Workers Create a Community of Reform

The Currents of Progressivism

Social Control and Its Limits

Working-Class Communities and Protest

Women's Movements and Black Awakening

National Progressivism

Community and Memory: Battle for the Lower East Side

World War I, 1914-1920

American Communities: Vigilante Justice in Bisbee, Arizona

Becoming a World Power

The Great War

American Mobilization

Over Here

Repression and Reaction

An Uneasy Peace

The Twenties, 1920-1929

American Communities: The Movie Audience and Hollywood: Mass Culture Creates a New National Community

Postwar Prosperity and Its Price

The New Mass Culture

The State, the Economy, and Business

Resistance to Modernity

Promises Postponed

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1940

American Communities: Sit-Down Strike at Flint: Automobile Workers Organize a New Union

Hard Times

FDR and The First New Deal

Left Turn and the Second New Deal

The New Deal and the West

Depression-Era Culture

The Limits of Reform

World War II, 1941-1945

American Communities: Los Alamos, New Mexico

The Coming of World War II

Arsenal of Democracy

The Home Front

Men and Women in Uniform

The World at War

The Last Stages of War

Community and Memory: Exhibiting the Enola Gay

The Cold War, 1945-1952

American Communities: University of Washington, Seattle: Students and Faculty Face the Cold War

Global Insecurities at War's End

The Policy of Containment

Cold War Liberalism

The Cold War at Home

Cold War Culture

End of the Democratic Era

America at Midcentury, 1952-1963

American Communities: Popular Music in Memphis

American Society at Midcentury

Youth Culture

Mass Culture and Its Discontents

The Cold War Continued

The Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1966

American Communities: The Montgomery Bus Boycott

An African American Community Challenges Segregation

Origins of the Movement

No Easy Road to Freedom, 1957-62

The Movement at High Tide, 1963-65

Forgotten Minorities, 1945-65

Community and Memory: Flying the ldquo;Stars and Bars.rdquo;

War at Home, War Abroad, 1965-1974

American Communities: Uptown

Chicago, Illinois

Vietnam: America's Longest War

A Generation in Conflict

Wars on Poverty. 1968

The Politics of Identity

The Nixon Presidency

Watergate

The Conservative Ascendancy, 1974-1987

American Communities: Grass Roots Conservatism in Orange County, California

The Overextended Society

Communities and Politics

The New Conservatism

Adjusting to a New World

Reagan Revolution

Best of Times, Worst of Times

Reagan's Foreign Policy

Toward a Transnational America, since 1988

American Communities: The World Trade Center, New York, as a Transnational Community